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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 501,629, dated July 18,1893. Application filed February 8, 1893, Serial No. 461,476. (Nomodel.) Patented in Switzerland November 80, 1891,1101 4,364.

- provide an improved machine for such manufacture.

The machine embodying our invention consists mainly of a fixed rollingtable having a stepped surface to the upper end of which the end of arolling cloth or cover is fixed which partially covers the table and onwhich the covering leaves previously coated with cementitious matter,are laid, while the tobacco filling is laid uniformlyin afold of thiscloth or flexible cover and is held therein by a movable slide, so thatwhen the free end of' the rolling cloth, which is connected to a roller,is rolled up by turning the roller, the tobacco filling will be rolledup in the cloth or cover so as to receive the desired cylindrical form,before it seizes the covering leaves situated above the step of therolling table, and by the further rolling up of the cloth or cover,rolls them round the tobacco body, the

finished cigars being eventually made to fall from the upper end of therolling table.

The arrangement and mode of working of the said machine will be readilyunderstood on reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figures1, 2 and 3 show respectively a side view, a front View, and a plan of amachine embodying the preferred form of our invention. Fig. 4 shows across section thereof, and Fig. 5 a section thereof on line XX Fig. 1;and Figs. 6 to 10 are views explaining the 'action of the machine.

Referring to the drawings, we will now describe the preferred embodimentof our invention.

The table A, provided with a stepped part a, is fixed on both sides tothe cheeks B and B the latter have on their outer sides, near theirupper edge, a longitudinal groove b, into which take the side cheeks C Cof the slide, which are fixed together by the cross piece D, so that theslide can be moved along the side cheeks B B while guided by the grooves11. To the lower end of the two bolts E, which pass throughcorresponding holes of the crosspiece D, is fixed a bar F, while theupper ends of thebolts carry the bar G adjustably be tween nuts 6 e. Thesprings d, one end of which is fixed to the cross piece D, while theother free end presses against the bar G, tend to push this bar awayfrom the cross pieceD and to press the bar F against the latter, so

as to hold the slide in the position shown at Fig. 8, while two springcatches c, on the side checks or" the slide, which catch over the endsof the bar G, hold the slide in the closed position shown at Figs. 1, 2,3, 4, 9 and 10. The slide generally rests by means of the cross piece Dagainst the springs h fixed to a cross rail H of the framing. On eachside piece C and C of the slide are fixed cords i, that pass .over aroller i, and have a weight I suspended from their free end. At theupperends of the side cheeks B B are formed bearings carrying thejournals of a roller J provided with a broad metal hook j extendingalong its entire length. On the one journal of the roller is fixed aspur wheel K which is geared to the wheel M by an intermediate wheel L.On the axis of M is fixed a crank handle N, so that by the rotation ofthe latter the Wheel K and consequently the roller J will be rotated.

I At the upper end of the rolling table A is fixed, at a the one end ofthe rolling cloth or flexible cover 0, of oil cloth, caoutchouc, leatheror the like. The free end of this cloth 0 is provided along its wholelength with a broad metal hook 0 which can engage with thehook j of theroller J. Atable P fixed to the framing serves for temporarily placingthereon the rolling cloth 0. If new it is desired to make cigars bymeans of this ma chine, the slide is opened, that is to say, the twocatches a are simultaneously withdrawn, so as to leave the rail G free.The latter is then raised by the action of the springs d, andconsequently also the barF (Fig. 8). The rolling cloth is then spreadout on the table A and is drawn over the slide and is pushed somewhatbetween the table and the bar F in order to form a fold 9 (Fig. 8) intowhich the necessary tobacco filling Q for a cigar is placed in suchmanner that the tobacco is situated underneath the bar F, and is notjammed between this bar and the rolling table on the depression of theformer.

In order to insure a uniform distribution of the tobacco over the wholewidth of the machine a sheet metal trough R, Figs. 6 and 7, is employed,which is of a length equal to the width of the machine, and in which thetobacco for the filling is previously uniformly distributed, to anextent determined by the desired thickness of the cigars, and from thistrough R the tobacco is transferred to the said fold g of the cloth. Theslide is now closed, that is to say, by a pressure upon the rail G this,as also the bar F, are brought into the position shown at Figs. 4: and5,in which the catches c 0 hold the rail G down. The covering leaves S(Fig. 3) previously coated on their back surfaces with cementitiousmatter are then so placed above the step a, with their front faces lyingupon the rolling cloth spread on the table A, that the ribs'of the leaflie parallel with the upper edge of the rolling table A, the leavesbeing so near to each other, that on rolling up the cigar, the rear endof a leaf will be slightly overlapped by the front end of the next leaf.The free end of the cloth 0 is then secured by its hook 0 to the rollerJ (Fig. 4) and the latter is rotated by means of the crank handle N inthe direction of the arrow (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 9) so as to coil thecloth around it (Fig. 9). The bulge produced by the roll of tobacco inthe cloth is then drawn in contactwith the under side of the bar F andis consequently made to carry the slide up with it. The tobacco in thebulge of the cloth thus becomes rolled round and round so as to assumethe form of a cylinder by the motion of the cloth. In order tofacilitate the production of the cylindrical form, the lower side of thebar F is formed with a hollow or groove. As soon as the slide arrivesabove the step a (Fig. 9) the tightly rolled tobacco cylinder willbecome somewhat loosened by the step and can therefore, in rollingonward, lay hold of the lower ends of the covering leaves S which thusbe come rolled round the filling. (If it were not for the step a, thetightly rolled tobacco cylinder would be liable to push the coveringleaves-in front of it.) When the slide has arrived at the upper edge ofthe table (Fig. 10) the finished tobacco cylinder, which may be severalyards in length is drawn from under the bar F and falls upon a removableboard T placed to receive it, and it can then be dried and cut into therequisite lengths. On the tobacco cylinder and the rolling cloth beingdrawn from under the bar F the slide becomes free and descends again bygravity and by the action of the weights I into its original positionshown at Figs. 1 to 4, the

springs 7t serving to lessen the force of the blow. The weights I can beincreased or decreased according to the desired degree of compressionfor the cigars, or to the amount of moisture in the tobacco.

It will be obvious that the machine may also be applied to themanufacture of cigarettes in which case it is only necessary to replacethe covering leaves by paper.

It will be seen that the invention prov des an improved machine formanufacturing orgars, cigarettes and the like, which can be variouslyavailed of with advantage, and that it is not limited to the exactdetails of construction set forth as its preferred form, as these may bemodified as circumstances may dictate Without departing from theessential features of the invention.

What we claim is 1. In a machine for manufacturing cigars, cigarettesand similar articles, an inclined rolling table A, having a step a, incombination with a rolling cloth 0 on said table, secured at one endthereto, passing across the step thereof, folded on itself, and carryingat its other end ahook, within the fold of which cloth the filling forthe cigar is placed below said step, and on which cloth the coveringleaves for the cigar are placeclabove said step, a presser bar acting onthe folded part of said cloth and a roller J engaging the hook end ofsaid cloth and when rotated winding the cloth thereon to draw it acrosssaid table, whereby said filling is first rolled into cylindrical formin said cloth and is then rolled thereby in the covering leaves,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

, 2. In a machine for manufacturing cigars and like articles, a rollingtable A, having a step a, and side cheeks B B fixed relatively to saidtable, in combination with a rolling cloth 0 on said table, fixedrelatively thereto at one end, passing across the step thereof, foldedon itself, and carrying at its other end, within the fold of which cloththe filling for a cigar is placed below said step, and on which cloththecovering for the cigar is placed above the step, a roller J engaging thehook end of said cloth and when rotated winding the latter on itself todraw it across said table,whereby said filling is first rolled intosubstantially cylindrical form in said cloth and is then rolled by thelatter in said covering, a presser bar contacting with the foldedportion of said cloth immediately in advance of said filling formaintainingacylindrical form of the latter, and a movable slide carryingsaid bar and advancing with the movement of said cloth during therolling and covering operation, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In a machine for manufacturing cigars and like articles, a rollingtable A, side cheeks B fixed relatively to said table, and a rollingcloth 0 on said table, fixed relatively thereto at one end, folded onitself over said table and carrying at its other end a hook, on whichcloth the filling for a cigar is placed within IOC.

the fold, and in advance of said filling the covering for a cigar, incombination with a roller J engaging the hook end of said cloth and whenrotated winding the latter up to draw it across said table, whereby saidfill-- ing is first rolled in said cloth and then thereby rolled in itscovering, and a movable slide mounted on said side cheeks movable withsaid cloth and having an adjustable presser bar F movable toward andfrom said cloth and contacting with the latter immediately in advance ofthe part thereof containing said filling for maintaining the form of thelatter, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4:. In a machine for manufacturing cigars and like articles thecombination with a roll ing table A, a rolling cloth thereon withinwhich the article is rolled, and cheeks B B at the sides of said table,of a movable slide 0 riding on said cheeks, movable with said cloth, andconsisting of a cross bar G, a movable presser bar F carried by saidcross bar and movable toward and from said cloth, springs for movingsaid barF from said cloth and catches for holding said bar F againstsaid cloth, and weights I engaging said slide for retracting the latterto itsinitial position, all substantially as and for the purpose soforth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CONRAD CHWEIZER. JAKOB NUESOH. Witnesses:

GEORGE GIFFORD, AMAND BITTER,

